Published Papers
Lame Duck Law Enforcement
Econnomics Letters (with Shannon Losak), forthcoming
Firearms and Lynching
Journal of Law and Economics (with Patrick Warren), Forthcoming
The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism
Journal of Human Resources (with Amanda Agan), 2021
Revenue-Motivated Law Enforcement: Evidence, Consequences, and Policy Solutions
Policy Brief for Arnold Ventures, 2021
Local Government Dependence on Criminal Justice Revenue and Emerging Constraints
Annual Review of Criminology vol. 4, 311-330, (with Shannon Graham), 2021
“A Proposal to End Regressive Taxation Through Law Enforcement”
POLICY PROPOSAL 2019-06 The Hamilton Project, The Brookings Institute, 2019
To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement
Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 48 (1), 189-216 (with Thomas Stratmann and Alex Tabarrok)
Embezzlement, Whistleblowing, and Organizational Structure
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol 147, 58-75 (with Siyu Wang)
Unemployment, Politics, and the Enforcement of Immigration Law
Public Choice, 2014, vol. 160, issue 1, pages 131-153 (with Thomas Stratmann)
The Determinants of Federal and State Enforcement of Workplace Safety Regulations: OSHA Inspections 1993-2010
Journal of Regulatory Economics, (2014), Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 1- 33 (lead article) (with Juergen Jung)
Political Costs and Fiscal Benefits: The Political Economy of Residential Property Value Assessment under Proposition 2 1/2
Economics Letters, (2013), Volume 120, Issue 3, pages 359-363 (lead article) (with Shane Sanders)
More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns make for Safer Roads
Journal of Law and Economics, (2011), Volume 54, Issue 4, pages 863-888 (with Thomas Stratmann)
Determinants of Traffic Citations: Political Economy at Any Speed
American Economic Review, (2009), Volume 99, No. 1 (with Thomas Stratmann)
Working Papers
Lame Duck Law Enforcement (with Shannon Losak)
The Wages of Irregular Tasks: Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Occupational Misclassification (with Kelsey Roberts-Bacon)